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Muscat and Sultan Qaboos: The Omanization of Muscat and the Muscatization of Oman
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After 1970, Oman began a rapid economic and institutional modernization process. Over the first decades of Sultan Qaboos’ reign, Greater Muscat came to embody modernity, heritage, and the demographic diversity of Oman. Muscat was the face of the new, inclusive state. Muscat became an integral part of Qaboos’ nation-building program, a source of legitimacy for his rule, and the urban representation of the state he embodied. Viable modernization required sustainable urbanization.
Title: Muscat and Sultan Qaboos: The Omanization of Muscat and the Muscatization of Oman
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After 1970, Oman began a rapid economic and institutional modernization process.
Over the first decades of Sultan Qaboos’ reign, Greater Muscat came to embody modernity, heritage, and the demographic diversity of Oman.
Muscat was the face of the new, inclusive state.
Muscat became an integral part of Qaboos’ nation-building program, a source of legitimacy for his rule, and the urban representation of the state he embodied.
Viable modernization required sustainable urbanization.
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